Collens Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Collens Cottage
- WRENN ID
- half-bracket-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Collens Cottage, Shipbourne, TN11 9PH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 596 522
- Coordinates
- 51.24692, 0.28583
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Collens Cottage is a 17th-century framed cottage with an 19th-century facade. It’s a good example of a modest domestic building representing a traditional regional style. The ground floor is built of red brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The roof is tiled, with a stack at each end. The cottage has two floors and two window bays, featuring glazing bar sash windows. The entrance is on the side.
Local climate
Collens Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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